Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-01-24

nished or gave away to such person
anv part of the Intoxicating liquor
upon which such person became in
toxicated, the sum of two dollars pei
dav for all the time such person may
| be thus confined. to be recovered n
the end of such confinement or at the
end OF each and any month of such
confinement. with double costs. >
The above ought to commend itself
| to every temperance man.
The next act has reference TO plead
ings in the courts and makes it alto
gether more difficult to evade the
force Of the law by technalities.
The next act provides that If any
citizen. male or female, III any coun-
" in the state. makes complaint I'M
| der oath of affirmation. before a JUS
tee of the peace. that he or she has
reason to believe and does believe,
that Intoxicating liquor is kept or de-
posted in a dwelling house. store or
shop. steamboat. or water craft of
any kind. depot. railway car or land
carriage of any kind. warehouse. or
other building or place in the town in
which said justice resides. or in case
it be an unorganized town. then be-
fore any justice of the county in which
said unorganized town is situated:
the same being intended for sale or
distribution among others. by per-
son not authorized to sell or distrib-
ute the same, said justice shall issue
a warrant to any She iff or constable
to search the premises described in
such complaint: and if intoxicating
liquor is found therein under circum-
stances warranting the belief that it
is intended for sale or distribution
contrary to the provisions of this
chapter. such officer shall seize the
same and convey it to some proper
place of security and keep it until
final action is had thereon, as provid-
ed in section 1919 of Revised Laws.
The above is much more rigid than
the old law and gives the right of
complaint to zromen and to any one
person.
The next enactment makes the
crime Of intoxication punishable by
Imprisonment on the third and each
subsequent conviction, and increases
the fines in each conviction.
Another act makes it incumbent on
the justice before whom an intoxicat-
ed person is tried, if, after an appeal,
he pays his fines, to bring that person
before him to make disclosures as to
where he obtained his liquor. This
does not let the victim slip through
the clutches Of the law by first taking
an appeal and then paying up, letting
the liquor seller go ''Scott' free.
The next act amended several sec
tons of the old law relating to fines
and forfeitures, giving the prosecut-
ing officer or the complainant increas-
ed pay for doing his thankless work,
and further provided that any prose-
cutting officer or states attorney, who
followed up his liquor selling victim,
and convicted him Of a second offense.
the penalty of which is imprisonment,
he should be paid $50, and that the
officers who did the work Of bringing
the seller to that point where he would
run away and forfeit his bail. should
he paid fair compensation for his
work. The object of this act was to
make penalties more burdensOme. con-
viction more certain. and the fees Of
officers large enough to make it an
object to pursue every case to the
bitter end. By this brief reference
to the laws enacted. it will be seen
that the complaint Of the C~led0uiGu.
and perhaps some other papers, I'M
informed or nisinformed. are ground
less